Carreramyia

Carreramyia is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species currently.

Carreramyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Microdontinae
Genus:
Carreramyia

Doesburg, 1966
Type species
Microdon megacephalus
Shannon, 1925

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

Distribution is Neotropical.

Species
  • C. flava (Sack, 1941)[1]
  • C. jattai Carvalho-Filho, 2014[2]
  • C. megacephalus (Shannon, 1925)
  • C. megacera Reemer, 2013[3]
  • C. tigrina Reemer, 2013[3]

References
  1. Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
  2. Carvalho-Filho, Fda S (2014). "Description of new species of Surimyia Reemer and Carreramyia Doesburg (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon". Zootaxa. 3887 (1): 79–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3887.1.5. PMID 25543925.
  3. Reemer, Menno (2013). "Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees". Zootaxa. 3697 (1): 1–88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3697.1.1. PMID 26079022.
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